At first, I thought it was a rabbit, but when it lifted its head and it had a snout, my next thought was possum. And then I went, that's not a possum. That can't be. No. Crap, it's an armadillo.
Armadillos for those of you who are lucky enough to live where there are none of these damn things are very destructive to your yard. They eat grubs and they're big enough to really tear up your lawn. They also will dig burrows and cause other issues. Or so I've been told. Until 2012, I lived in Minnesota where we didn't have these worthless pieces of roadkill waiting to happen. Oh, and they also carry leprosy.
So I wanted this damn thing out of my yard. Pronto. My dad comes over and I'm like, do we have something I can throw at it? My dad, bless him, starts hissing at the thing.
To my shock, it worked. The thing started to waddle off. My dad kept hissing at it. It kept moving. And then it slipped through a hole it had dug underneath my fence. Damn. My first thought was to get rid of the things, but someone I work with suggested getting rid of the grubs that it feeds on.
It took about a week for the pest control company to get out and treat the lawn, and while I waited, I checked every morning to make sure my lawn was still intact.
I knew there were armadillos in the vicinity. My neighbors left the back of their yard wild and I'd heard there was a nest of them back there. From time to time, my mulch would be messed up and obviously dug through, but I could live with that. Holes in my backyard. No.
